Consequences of Not Protecting Your Web Apps

We are going to discuss what could happen if you fail to adequately protect your websites, apps, services, and APIs, and why entire companies have gone out of business and countries have gone offline due to improper security controls.

New Terms

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications. XSS enables attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.

Samy Worm: An XSS worm that spread throughout MySpace in the mid-2000s caused by famous security researcher Samy Kamkar.